Publications

George Tzanetakis
gtzan@cs.uvic.ca



Copyright Notice

Patents

2007
G. Tzanetakis, and R. M Khan. "Method and System for Analyzing Digital Audio Files"
US Patent Number: 7277766 B1, Oct. 2, 2007.
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Book Chapters

2007
G. Tzanetakis and K. Lemstrom "Music Information Retrieval in Polyphonic Music"
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. M. Bates, M.N, Maack and M. Drake (eds), Taylor and Francis 2008

2007
G. Tzanetakis "Marsyas: a case study in implementing Music Information Retrieval Systems" Intelligent Music Information Systems: Tools and Methodologies , (eds) Shen, Shepherd, Cui, Liu, Information Science Reference, ISBN 978-1-59904-663-1, pp. 31-49, 2008.

2004
G. Tzanetakis "Where is the Music in Music Information Retrieval" MMIR MultiMedia Information Retrieval: metodologie ed esperienze internazionali di content-based retrieval per l'informazione e la documentazione, a cura di Roberto Raieli e Perla Innocenti, AIDA, Roma 2004 ISBN 88-901144-9-5
Journal Papers

2011
S. Ness, P. Reimer, J. Love, W.A. Schloss, G. Tzanetakis "Sonophenology: A Multimodal Tangible Interface for the Sonification of Phenological Data at Multiple Time Scales" Journal of Multimodal User Interfaces (accepted for publication), 2011
J. Barbedo, G. Tzanetakis, N. Ono, S. Sagayma "Beyond Timbral Statistics: Improving Music Classification using Percussive Patterns and Bass Lines" IEEE Trans. on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing (TASLP) , 19(4), 2011
A. Tindale, A. Kapur, G. Tzanetakis "Training Surrogate Sensors in Musical Gesture Acquisition Systems" IEEE Trans. on Multimedia (TMM) 13(1), 2011

2010
J. Barbedo, G. Tzanetakis "Correlation-Based Amplitude Estimation of Coincident Partials in Monaural Musical Signals" EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech and Music Processing (ASMP) , 2010
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G. Tzanetakis, L.G Martins, K.McNally, R.Jones "Stereo Panning Information for Music Information Retrieval Tasks" Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (JAES) , 58(5), 2010
J. Barbedo, G. Tzanetakis "Musical Instrument Classification using Individual Partials" IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing (TASLP) , 19(1), 2010
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S. Ness, G. Tzanetakis, D.P. Biro "Computer-assisted cantillation and chant research using content-aware web visualization tools" Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer Verlag , 48(1), 2010
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2009
G. Tzanetakis, E. Tsunoo (in Japanese) "Audio-based classification of musical signals" Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) Magazine , 50(8), 2009

2008
M. Lagrange, L.G. Martins, J. Murdoch, G. Tzanetakis. "Normalized Cuts for Predominant Melodic Source Separation" IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing (TASLP), 16(2), February 2008
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K. Nordstrom, G. Tzanetakis, P. Driessen "Transforming Perceived Vocal Effort and Breathiness Using Adaptive Pre-Emphasis Linear Prediction" IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing (TASLP) , 58(3), 2007
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2007
G. Tzanetakis, A. Kapur, W. A. Schloss and M. Wright. "Computational Ethnomusicology" Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies, 1(2), Fall 2007.
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R. Dannenberg et al. "A comparative evaluation of Search Technologies for Query-by-Humming using the MUSART testbed" Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology , 58(3), 2007

2006
M. Cooper, J. Foote, E. Pampalk, and G. Tzanetakis "Visualization in Audio-based Music Information Retrieval", Computer Music Journal , 30(2), 2006
F. Gouyon et al. "An Experimental Comparison of Audio Tempo Induction Algorithms" IEEE Trans. on Audio, Speech and Language Processing 14(5),, 2006
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2004
G. Tzanetakis and P. Cook "Music Analysis and Retrieval Systems", Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology 55(12) 2004
G. Tzanetakis, J. Gao and P. Steenkiste "A scalable peer-to-peer system for music content and information retrieval", Computer Music Journal (Special Issue on Music Information Retrieval) 28(2), 2004
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R. Dannenberg, W. Birmingham, G. Tzanetakis, C. Meek, N. Hu and B. Pardo "The MUSART testbed for query-by-humming evaluation" Computer Music Journal (Special Issue on Music Information Retrieval) 28(2), 2004

2003
G. Tzanetakis, A. Ermolinskyi and P. Cook "Pitch Histograms in Sysmbolic and Audio Music Information Retrieval", Journal of New Music Research 32(2), pp. 143-152, 2003
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2002
G. Tzanetakis and P. Cook "Musical Genre Classification of Audio Signals", IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing , 10(5), July 2002
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2000
G. Tzanetakis and P. Cook "MARSYAS: A Framework for Audio Analysis" Organized Sound, Cambridge University Press 4(3), 2000
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K. Li, et al. "Early Experiences and Challenges in Building a Scalable Display Wall System", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications - Special Issue "Off the Desktop: Large Format Displays", 20(4), July-August 2000
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Refereed Conference Papers

2011
M. Lagrange, G. Tzanetakis "Adaptive N-Normalization for Enhancing Music Similarity" Int. Conf. on Audio, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2011
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F. Sattar, P. Driessen, G. Tzanetakis "A new image-based method for event detection and extraction of noisy hydrophone data" Int. Conf. on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR), 2011
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S. Ness, S. Zehtabi, A. Schloss, G. Tzanetakis "Gesture Analysis for RadioDrum Data" Int. Conf. Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2011
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G. Odowichuck, S. Ness, G. Tzanetakis, P. Driessen "Controlling real time sound spatialization using the rardiodrum" Int. Conf. Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2011
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2010
S. Miller, P. Reimer, S. Ness, G. Tzanetakis "Geoshuffle: Location-aware content-based music browsing using self-organizing tag clouds" Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR), 2010
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P. van Kranenburg, G. Tzanetakis, R.C Veltkamp, F. Weiring "A Computational Approach to The Modeling and Employment of Cognitive Units of Folk Song Melodies using Audio Recordings" Int. Conf. on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), 2010
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S. Ness, P. Reimer, N. Krell, G. Odowichuk, W.A. Schloss, G. Tzanetakis "Sonophenology: A Tangible Interface for Sonification of Geo-spatial Phenological Data at Multiple Time Scales" Int. Conf. on Auditory Display (ICAD), 2010
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J. Barbedo, G. Tzanetakis "Instrument identification in polyphonic music based on individual partials" Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Audio, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2010
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S. Rossoff, G. Tzanetakis, B. Gooch "Adapting Personal Music for Synesthetic Game Play" Int. Conf. on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2010
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2009
S. Ness, A. Theocharis, L.G.Martins, G. Tzanetakis "Improving Automatic Music Tag Annotatio Using Stacked Generalization of Probabilistic SVM outputs" Proc. ACM Multimedia 2009
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G. Tzanetakis "Music Analysis, Retrieval, and Synthesis of Audio Signals" Open Source Competition. Proc. ACM Multimedia 2009
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S. Ness and G. Tzanetakis "SOMBA: Multiuser music creation using Self-Organizing Maps and Motion Tracking" Proc. Int. Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2009
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S. Ness, G. Tzanetakis "AudioScapes: exploring surface interfaces for music exploration" Proc. Int. Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2009
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R. Jones, P. Driessen, A. Schloss, G. Tzanetakis "A Force-Sensitive Surface for Intimate Control" Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 2009
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E. Tsunoo, G. Tzanetakis, N. Onon, S. Sagayama, "Audio Genre Classification Using Percussive Pattern Clustering Combined with Timbral Features" Proc. Int. Conf. on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2009
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G. Tzanetakis, M. S. Benning, S. Ness, D. Minifie, N. Livingstone "Assistive Music Browsing using Self-Organizing Maps" Proc. Int. Conf. on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRAE), 2009
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S. Ness, G. Tzanetakis, D.P. Biro "Content-aware web browsing and visualization tools for cantillation and chant research" Proc. IEEE Workshop on Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI) , 2009
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2008
M. Wright, W. A. Schloss, G. Tzanetakis "Analyzing Afro-Cuban Rhythm Using Rotation-Aware Dynamic Programming" Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , 2008
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M. Wright, W.A. Schloss, G. Tzanetakis "Visualization Tools for Musical Timing Applied to Afro-Cuban Percussion" Proc. Int. Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2008
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G. Percival, T. Anders, G. Tzanetakis "Generating Targeted Rhythmic Exercises for Music Students with Constraint Satisfaction Programming" Proc. Int. Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2008
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G. Tzanetakis, R. Jones, C. Castillo, L. G. Martins, L. F. Teixeira, M. Lagrange, "Interoperability and the Marsyas-0.2 Runtime" Proc. Int. Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2008
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L. F. Teixeira, L. G. Martins, M. Lagrange, G. Tzanetakis "MarsyasX: Multimedia Dataflow Processing with Implicit Patching" Proc. ACM Multimedia (ACMMM) 2008
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L. F. Teixeira, L. G. Martins, M. Lagrange, G. Tzanetakis "Chants and Orcas: Semi-Automatic Tools for Audio Annotation and Analysis in Niche Domains" Workshop on Multiple Faces of Multimedia Semantics Proc. ACM Multimedia (ACMM)
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M. Lagrange, L.G.Martins, G. Tzanetakis "A computationally efficient scheme for dominant harmonic source separation" Proc. Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2008
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2007
M. Lagrange and G. Tzanetakis "Sound Source Tracking and Formation using Normalized Cuts" Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2007
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A. Kapur, E. Singer, M. Benning, G. Tzanetakis, Trimpin "Integrating HyperInstruments, Musical Robots and Machine Musicianship for North Indian Classical Music" Proc. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) New York, New York, USA, 2007
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G. Tzanetakis, M. Lagrange, P. Spong, H. Symonds "ORCHIVE: Digitizing and Analyzing Orca Vocalization" Proc. RIAO Conf. Large Scale Semantic Access to Content (Text, Image, Video, and Sound) Pittsburgh, Pensylvania, USA, 2007
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M. Lagrange, L. G. Martins, L.F. Teixeira, G. Tzanetakis "Speaker Segmentation of Interviews using Integrated Video and Audio Change Detectors" Proc. Int. Workshop on Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI) , 2007
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M. Lagrange, L. G. Martins, G. Tzanetakis "Semi-Automatic Mono to Stereo Up-mixing using Sound Source Formation" Proc. of the Audio Engineering Society Convention (AES), 2007
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A. Tindale, D. Sprague, G. Tzanetakis "Strike-A-Tune: Fuzzy Music Navigation Using a Drum Interface" Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , 2007
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A. Kapur, G. Percival, M. Lagrange, G. Tzanetakis "Pedagogical Transcription for Multimodal Sitar Performance" Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , 2007
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S. Hitchner, J. Murdoch, G. Tzanetakis "Music Browsing using a TableTop Display" Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , 2007
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L. G. Martins, J. J. Burred, G.Tzanetakis, M. Langrange "Polyphonic Instrument Recognition using Spectral Clustering" Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , 2007
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G. Tzanetakis, K. McNally, R. Jones "Stereo Panning Features for Classifying Recording Production" Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , 2007
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M. Lagrange, G. Percival, G. Tzanetakis "Adaptive Harmonization and Pitch Correction of Polyphonic Audio using Spectral Clustering" Proc. of Int. Conf. on Digital Audio Effects (DAFX) , 2007
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M.S. Benning, A. Kapur, B. Till, G. Tzanetakis "Multimodal Sensor Analysis of Sitar Performance: Where is the Beat ? " Proc. of Int. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP) , 2007
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G. Percival, Y. Wang, G. Tzanetakis "Multimodal Sensor Analysis of Sitar Performance: Where is the Beat ? " Proc. of ACM Workshop on Educational Multimedia and Multimedia Education (part of ACM Multimedia) , 2007
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M. Benning, A. Kapur, B. Till, G. Tzanetakis, P. Driessen "A Comparative Study on Wearable Sensors for Signal Processing on the North Indian Tabla" Proc. of IEEE PacRim Conf. , 2007
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A. Kapur, Trimpin, E. Singer, A. Suleman, G. Tzanetakis "A Comparison of Solenoid-Based Strategies for Robotic Drumming" Proc. of Int. Computer Music Conf. , 2007
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2006
Hechmer Aaron, Tindale Adam, and Tzanetakis, George "LogoRhythms: Introductory Audio Programming for Computer Musicians in a Functional Langugag Paradigm" Proc. IEEE Frontiers in Education San Diego, USA, 2006
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Yan Li, S. Bellamy, Peter Driessen and George Tzanetakis "Spatial Sound Rendering using Measured Room Impulse Responses" Proc. IEEE Int. Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology Vancouver, Canada, 2006
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Jennifer Murdoch and George Tzanetakis "Interactive Content-Aware Music Browsing using the Radio Drum" Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) Toronto, Canada, 2006
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Ajay Kapur et al. "Towards the one-man indian computer music performance system" Proc. IEEE Int. Computer Music Conf. (ICMC) New Orleans, USA, 2006
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Neil Burroughs, Adam Parkin, and G. Tzanetakis "Flexible Scheduling for DataFlow Audio Processing" Proc. IEEE Int. Computer Music Conf. (ICMC) New Orleans, USA, 2006
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George Tzanetakis, Ajay Kapur and Adam Tindale "Learning Indirect Acquisition of Instrumental Gestures using Direct Sensors" Proc. IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP) , 2006
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2005
Kapur Ajay, McWalter Richard and Tzanetakis George "Subband-based Drum Transcription of Audio Signals" IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP) Shanghai, China, 2005
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Kapur Ajay, McWalter Richard and Tzanetakis George "New Interfaces for Rhythm-based Retrieval" Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) London, UK, 2005
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Kapur Asha, Kapur Ajay, Virji-Babul Naznin, Tzanetakis George, Driessen Peter "Gesture-Based Affective Computing on Motion Capture Data" Int. Conf. on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) , Beijing, China, 2005.
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Kapur, A., Tzanetakis, G., Virji-Babul, N., Wang G. and P.R. Cook. "A Framework for Sonification of Vicon Motion Capture Data" Int. Conf. on Digital Audio Effects (DAFX) , Madrid, Spain, 2005.
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Bray Stuart, Tzanetakis George "Distributed Audio Feature Extraction for Music" Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) London, UK, 2005
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Bray Stuart, Tzanetakis George "Implicit Patching for Dataflow-based Audio Analysis and Synthesis" Int. Computer Music Conference (ICMC) Barcelona, Spain, 2005
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Tzanetakis George "Audio-based Gender Identification using Bootstrapping" IEEE Pacific Rim Conf. (PACRIM) Victoria, Canada, 2005
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Tindale Adam, Kapur Ajay, Tzanetakis, George, Driessen Peter, Schloss W.A. "A Comparison of Sensor Strategies for Capturing Percussive Gestures" Int. Conf. on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) , Vancouver, Canada, 2005.
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Tindale Adam, Ajay Kapur, W.A. Schloss and George Tzanetakis "Indirect acquisition of percussion gestures using timbre recognition" In Proc. Int. Conf. on Interdisciplinary Musicology (CIM) Montreal, Canada , 2005
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2004
Kapur, Ajay, Tzanetakis, George Tzanetakis, Driessen, Peter "Audio-based gesture extraction on the ESITAR Controller" In Proc. Int. Conf. on Digital Audio Effects (DAFX) Naples, Italy, 2004
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Kapur Ajay, Benning Manj, and Tzanetakis George "Query-by-Beat-Boxing: Music Retrieval for the DJ" In Proc. Int.Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Barcelona, Spain, 2004
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Tindale Adam, Kapur Ajay, Tzanetakis, George, and Fujinaga, Ichiro "Retrieval of percussion gestures using timbre classification" In Proc. Int.Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Barcelona, Spain, 2004
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Tzanetakis, George. "Song-specific bootstrapping of singing voice structure" In Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Multimedia and Expo Taipei, Taiwan 2004
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Tzanetakis, George and Chen Ming-Yu. "Building Audio Classifiers for Broadcast News Retrieval" In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services Lisbon, Portugal 2004
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Lippens, Stephan et al. "A Comparison of Human and Automatic Musical Genre Classification" In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Audio, Speech and Signal Processing Montreal, Canada 2004
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2003
Li, Tao and Tzanetakis, George "Factors in Automatic Musical Genre Classification of Audio Signals" In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA) New Paltz, NY October 2003
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Hu, Ning, Dannenberg, Roger, and Tzanetakis, George "Polyphonic Audio Matching and Alignment for Music Retrieval" In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA) New Paltz, NY October 2003
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Tzanetakis, George, Gao, Jun, and Steenkiste, Peter "A scalable peer-to-peer system for music content and information retrieval" In Proc. Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , Baltimore US, 2003
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Dannenberg, R., Birmingham, W., Tzanetakis, G., Meek, C., Hu, N., and Pardio, B. "The MUSART testbed for query-by-humming evaluation" In Proc. Int. Conf. on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Baltimore US, 2003
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Gao, Jun, Tzanetakis, George, and Steenkiste, Peter "Content-Based Retrieval of Music in Scalable Peer-to-Peer Networks" In Proc. Int. Conf. on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) Baltimore, US 2003
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Tzanetakis, George, Hu, Ning, and Dannenberg, Roger "Toward an Intelligent Editor for Jazz Music" In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Systems (WIAMIS), London, UK, April 2002
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2002
Tzanetakis, George, Ermolinskyi, Andreye, and Cook, Perry "Pitch Histograms in Audio and Symbolic Music Information Retrieval" In Proc. Int. Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , Paris, France, October 2002
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Tzanetakis, George, Essl, George, and Cook, Perry "Human Perception and Computer Extraction of Beat Strength" In Proc. Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFX) Hamburg, Germany, September 2002
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Tzanetakis, George, Ermolinskyi, Andreye, and Cook, Perry "Beyond the Query-by-Example Paradigm: New Query Interfaces for Music Information Retrieval" In Proc. Int. Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Gothenburg, Sweden September 2002
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Brazil, Eoin, Fernstrom, Mikael, Tzanetakis, George, and Cook, Perry "Enhancing Sonic Browsing using Audio Information Retrieval" In. Proc. Int. Conf. on Auditory Display (ICAD), Kyoto, Japan, 2002
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2001
Tzanetakis, George, Essl, Georg, and Cook, Perry "Automatic Musical Genre Classification of Audio Signals" In. Proc. Int. Symposium on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) , Bloomington Indiana, 2001
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Tzanetakis, George, Essl, Georg, and Perry Cook "Audio Analysis using the Discrete Wavelet Transform " In. Proc. WSES Int. Conf. Acoustics and Music: Theory and Applications (AMTA 2001) Skiathos, Greece, 2001
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Tzanetakis, George and Cook, Perry "MARSYA3D: A prototype audio browser-editor using a large scale immersive visual and audio display." In. Proc. ICAD Int. Conf. on Auditory Display (ICAD) Helsinki, Finland 2001
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2000
Tzanetakis, George and Cook, Perry "3D Graphics Tools for Isolated Sound Collections" In Proc. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFX) , Verona, Italy December 2000
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Tzanetakis, George and Cook, Perry "Audio Information Retrieval (AIR) Tools" In Proc. Int. Symposium on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR), Plymouth, Massachussets, 2000
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Tzanetakis, George and Cook, Perry "Sound analysis using MPEG compressed audio" In Proc. Int. Conf. Audio, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) , Istanbul, Turkey, 2000
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G. Tzanetakis and L. Julia "Multimedia Structuring using Trees" In Proc. RIAO "Content based multimedia information access" Conf. Paris, France, April 2000
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G. Tzanetakis and P. Cook "Experiments in computer-assisted annotation of audio" In Proc. Int. Conf. Auditory Display (ICAD), Atlanta, Georgia, 2000
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1999
G. Tzanetakis and P. Cook "A Framework for Audio Analysis based on Classification and Temporal Segmentation", In Proc. Euromicro, Workshop on Music Technology and Audio processing, Milan, Italy, 1999
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G. Tzanetakis and P. Cook "Multi-Feature Audio Segmentation for Browsing and Annotation" In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), New Paltz, NY, 1999
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1998
P. Cook, G. Essl, G. Tzanetakis and D. Trueman, "N >> 2: Multi-speaker Display Systems for Virtual Reality and Spatial Audio Projection" In Proc. Int. Conf. Auditory Display (ICAD) , Glasgow, Scotland, 1998
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G. Tzanetakis, M. Traka and G. Tziritas "Motion estimation based on affine moment invariants" In Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (Euspico) , Rhodes, Greece, 1998
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PhD Thesis

2002
G. Tzanetakis (P. Cook advisor) "Manipulation, Analysis and Retrieval Systems for Audio Signals", Princeton Computer Science Technical Report TR-651-02 , June 2002
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